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merkley: thank you, mr. president. this list is a list that americans would well be familiar with, the methodist groups, jewish groups and so on and so forth from the specter of protestant religion, christian religions, other religions. it's powerful and helpful that they have written to share their perspectives, and i thank them for doing so. business coalitions have also waited. i have here the business -- the letter from the business coalition for workplace fairness. their letter is much shorter. it's signed onto approximately 120 companies. and i will read it for you now. it says the majority of united states businesses have already started addressing workplace fairness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, but we need a federal standard that treats all employees the same way. the business coalition for workplace fairness is a group of leading u.s. employers that support the employee nondiscrimination act, a federal bill that would provide the same basic protections that are already afforded to work
merkley: thank you, mr. president. this list is a list that americans would well be familiar with, the methodist groups, jewish groups and so on and so forth from the specter of protestant religion, christian religions, other religions. it's powerful and helpful that they have written to share their perspectives, and i thank them for doing so. business coalitions have also waited. i have here the business -- the letter from the business coalition for workplace fairness. their letter is much...
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places like oregon, senator merkley and the presiding officer from ohio, senator collins who is still on the floor, all your states have wonderful national parks and it turns out the top destination, top tourist destination for people who come to the united states from other countries is our national parks. and we don't have one in delaware. we want one. but in the meantime our state parks have filled the gap and we have some state parks we're real proud of. one of the guys who has worked very hard to make them something we can be proud of is chazz hawkins. he has passion with the parks and recreation team that have included hundreds of people over the age of 35 -- that have included hundreds of people over the past 35 years. we in the state of delaware are grateful for everything he has done to protect and preserve our state's beauty and history. on behalf of senator chris coons, my colleague here in the senate, on behalf of john carney, our lone congressman over in the house, and whee wholeheartedly think thank chazz pour his service to the state of delaware. he's improved the qieft
places like oregon, senator merkley and the presiding officer from ohio, senator collins who is still on the floor, all your states have wonderful national parks and it turns out the top destination, top tourist destination for people who come to the united states from other countries is our national parks. and we don't have one in delaware. we want one. but in the meantime our state parks have filled the gap and we have some state parks we're real proud of. one of the guys who has worked very...
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merkley: thank you. i rise simply to ask unanimous consent that my intern who is shadowing me today, chloe becker, be accorded full privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you very much, madam president. and i recognize -- i ask the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, the budget conferees are working to reach agreement on the fiscal year 2014 budget. i want to complement senator murray for the great work she has done on this. and i would join those who have expressed strong support for their efforts. we all know the consequences will be if we don't reach agreement on a budget, we have draconian cuts to defense acquisitions and readiness but also the social safety net program
merkley: thank you. i rise simply to ask unanimous consent that my intern who is shadowing me today, chloe becker, be accorded full privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you very much, madam president. and i recognize -- i ask the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the...
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merkley: i thank my colleague from louisiana for her tireless efforts in this regard and we can tell from the commentaries that have just been put forward, a senator from massachusetts, from mississippi, a senator from north dakota, louisiana, of course,, and now representing oregon. and these are folks representing blue states and red states and all types of different terrain and they have the common purpose of addressing the dysfunction in the biggert-waters bill that was passed. just to give you a small feeling for this, we have a family in oregon, the hay family from eagle creek, wanted to sell their home, had a nice young couple that wanted to buy it and it was all approved except for the insurance policy and from the couple found out that the insurance policy would not be the $500 that the current family is paying but $5,000 a year, the deal fell apart. because for every thousand dollars that you pay in flood insurance, the value of the home drops by $20,000. so not only is the couple who wanted this home unable to buy it because of the home value has dropped but the family tha
merkley: i thank my colleague from louisiana for her tireless efforts in this regard and we can tell from the commentaries that have just been put forward, a senator from massachusetts, from mississippi, a senator from north dakota, louisiana, of course,, and now representing oregon. and these are folks representing blue states and red states and all types of different terrain and they have the common purpose of addressing the dysfunction in the biggert-waters bill that was passed. just to give...
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it's not like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are -- it's sharrod brown, it's jeff merkley. it's a lot of senators and a lot of sort of, i think, i guess it would consider them to be democratic a-listers who line up more on that side than the traditional pro-wall street track path. who championed the other side of it. did hillary clinton and if so who else? >> it remains to be seen. i mean hillary has obviously a strong record fighting for kind of, you know, populist economic issues and universal health care in the '92 campaign is a very populist position. but there's no question that the clintons have been close to a number of wall street alumni over the years, the sort of intellectual descendants continue to be close to clinton to this day. then you have people you would expect, the people who in their own state, the financial sector is very strong, whether it's delaware and the senator is very strong. you know, south dakota where a lot of banks are located. you know, so it ends up being sort of the old story, the politics is local. but i think that's where we see it. it's
it's not like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are -- it's sharrod brown, it's jeff merkley. it's a lot of senators and a lot of sort of, i think, i guess it would consider them to be democratic a-listers who line up more on that side than the traditional pro-wall street track path. who championed the other side of it. did hillary clinton and if so who else? >> it remains to be seen. i mean hillary has obviously a strong record fighting for kind of, you know, populist economic issues...
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senator jeff merkley of oregon, who had been a surprising co-sponsor of senator landrieu's bill from louisiana, to do something very similar, was receptive. others say more needs to be done. do you think this takes some of the pressure that was building out of the building? >> look, again, i think, from a political point of view, our republican friends, who have nothing to say about the health care crisis, are able to harp on one, single point. they run the videotape, the president made a statement, he hasn't kept his word. well, today, he is going to keep his word. you can keep those totally inadequate health insurance programs if you want. but we want to do better for this country. >> senator bernie sanders of vermont, thank you so much for your time. joining me now is dr. kavita patel, managing director for clinical transportation and delivery at the engelford center for health care reform. she worked as a senior adviser to valerie jarrett in the obama administration. all right, last night, i came on this program and we ran a clip, a package that said, you're not helping. and we t
senator jeff merkley of oregon, who had been a surprising co-sponsor of senator landrieu's bill from louisiana, to do something very similar, was receptive. others say more needs to be done. do you think this takes some of the pressure that was building out of the building? >> look, again, i think, from a political point of view, our republican friends, who have nothing to say about the health care crisis, are able to harp on one, single point. they run the videotape, the president made a...
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shortly before his death in march 2009, senator kennedy joined with senators merkley, collins and snowe in what would be his final attempt to push bipartisan legislation o.e.f. the finish line. -- oarv over the finish line. he explained his continuing support for enda by noting that the promise of america will never be fulfilled as long as justice is denied to even one among us. those words were true in 1974 when bella abzug introduced the equality act. those words were true when the senate came within one vote of passing enda in 1996. those words were true when senator kennedy offered them in 2009. and those words are true today. the promise of america will never be fulfilled so long as justs ijustice is denied to evee among us. we deal with a lot of different legislations in the senate. this week we have a chance to vote on a law that is a mairve who we are as a -- that is a measure of who we are as a peevment nibble a world where equal means equal. that's why i will be voting to outlaw employment discrimination against my neighbors and friends. senator kennedy, senator tsongas, and c
shortly before his death in march 2009, senator kennedy joined with senators merkley, collins and snowe in what would be his final attempt to push bipartisan legislation o.e.f. the finish line. -- oarv over the finish line. he explained his continuing support for enda by noting that the promise of america will never be fulfilled as long as justice is denied to even one among us. those words were true in 1974 when bella abzug introduced the equality act. those words were true when the senate...
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merkley: thank you, mr. president. and i -- i thank my colleague who preceded me, who has summarized the substantial bipartisan collaboration that took place to bring this bill to this point, this bill that we will -- we'll be voting on in just a few minutes. and no one has done more than she has done to advance this conversation over many, many years. and i thank the senator from maine for those incredible efforts on behalf of ending discrimination and advancing liberty and opportunity. today the senate will vote to break the chains of discrimination that hold back millions of lgbt americans from the full promise of liberty. liberty -- the freedom to participate full until our society from the public square to the voting booth to the school, to the workplace. liberty, that quality deeply rooted in our national journey and embedded in our declaration of independence -- quote -- "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and
merkley: thank you, mr. president. and i -- i thank my colleague who preceded me, who has summarized the substantial bipartisan collaboration that took place to bring this bill to this point, this bill that we will -- we'll be voting on in just a few minutes. and no one has done more than she has done to advance this conversation over many, many years. and i thank the senator from maine for those incredible efforts on behalf of ending discrimination and advancing liberty and opportunity. today...
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so again, i acknowledge the leadership of senator kirk, the bill's lead sponsor, senator jeff merkley of oregon, again who is champion of this bill without whom i dare say we would not be starting this debate today. in addition, we are fortunate the lead democratic sponsor of the bill in the house in previous congresses is now a member of the senate and a member of our help committee, and i hope that she will soon be able to say that she helped pass this bill in both the house and the senate, and that's senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin. so, mr. president, i look forward to the vote later today when we will vote to proceed to this bill. as we all know, under the rules of the senate, after cloture is invoked we'll have up to 30 hours of debate and then the bill will be on the floor and open. we've had several amendments that were filed in committee that members of the help committee reserved to try to put it here on the floor. so i'm confident that we can work through those if they are offered again. i would hope that all amendments that are offered will be directed at improving this
so again, i acknowledge the leadership of senator kirk, the bill's lead sponsor, senator jeff merkley of oregon, again who is champion of this bill without whom i dare say we would not be starting this debate today. in addition, we are fortunate the lead democratic sponsor of the bill in the house in previous congresses is now a member of the senate and a member of our help committee, and i hope that she will soon be able to say that she helped pass this bill in both the house and the senate,...